[lakomen]

He's not a technologist, he's a ruthless capitalist playing with other people's money. Idk why he gets so much support. That guy is a wolf in sheep's clothing. He doesn't care about the planet, or the people, he cares about his bottom line and nothing else.

[infamouscow]

Do you have anything of substance to add besides ad hominem attacks that don't really even make sense?

Let's break this down:

> He's not a technologist, he's a ruthless capitalist playing with other people's money. Idk why he gets so much support.

Calling someone a capitalist isn't the dig you think it is, especially on a website run by a VC firm.

Musk has a track record for returning profit to investors.

> That guy is a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Calling someone the boogeyman convinces nobody. What exactly are you warning about?

> He doesn't care about the planet, or the people, he cares about his bottom line and nothing else.

Have you heard of Tesla EVs?

[helf]

> Have you heard of Tesla EVs?

Have you heard that didn't invent them or even start the company or even cofound it?

Anyways, yes, he has done a lot of good and is actually smart. But it has also gone to his head and the more power and wealth he accrues the more it shows. Like with most people.

Mindlessly bashing him is just as much of a waste of time as mindlessly sucking his knob.

It is all sooo boooooring.

[Gwypaas]

  > Tesla was founded (as Tesla Motors) on July 1, 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning in San Carlos, California. [...] Ian Wright was the third employee, joining a few months later.[2] The three went looking for venture capital (VC) funding in January 2004[2] and connected with Elon Musk, who contributed US$6.5 million of the initial (Series A) US$7.5 million[10] round of investment in February 2004 and became chairman of the board of directors.[2] Musk then appointed Eberhard as the CEO.[11] J.B. Straubel joined in May 2004[2] as the fifth employee.[12] A lawsuit settlement agreed to by Eberhard and Tesla in September 2009 allows all five (Eberhard, Tarpenning, Wright, Musk and Straubel) to call themselves co-founders.[13]

  > Musk took an active role within the company and oversaw Roadster product design at a detailed level, but was not deeply involved in day-to-day business operations.[14] Eberhard acknowledged that Musk was the person who insisted from the beginning on a carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer body and that Musk led design of components ranging from the power electronics module to the headlamps and other styling.[15]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Tesla,_Inc.

I would suggest going to the source rather than writing Reddit level comments.

[mrguyorama]

Getting given the title by a court settlement doesn't make you smart or a visionary, it makes you a petty asshole.

[TylerE]

Sounds like your're agreeing with GP?

He didn't actually found Paypal or SpaceX either.

[fassssst]

EV’s do not save the planet. EV’s are a way to profit off government subsidies.

[vkou]

Correct. The future of sustainable transportation is the electric trolley, the electric train, the electric bus, the electric scooter, and the electric bicycle.

It is not a largely-single-occupant two-and-a-half-ton electric sedan.

[slaw]

I prefer walking and public transportation.